Don and JAA,
I think you both may have missed this line -
One of the top reasons pilots have been attracted to EK will be removed if they employ DECs while they have an abundance of qualified FOs to step into the left seat, but can't move them because of their self-induced recruiting problems.
I am not denying that some pilots have been affected in the past. I will however argue why that occurred. And it is a very different reason to now.
JAARule, it has nothing to do with
FO "Me" instead of FO "Him."
Maybe that's how you see the world. It's not how I do.